Signals One- File Locking Behavoir

A Spotfire for Signals entity gets automatically locked when it is opened in Spotfire for Signals for editing, to notify other users that someone is working on a commonly shared file. After completing the edits and saving the file, it becomes unlocked and available to other users for editing after closing.

Spotfire Online -  DXPs opened via Spotfire Online are always automatically unlocked
Spotfire for Signals (Spotfire analyst) – The process for locking/unlocking considers different events to proceed.
 
Unlocking Guarantees
We ensure unlocking in the following scenarios:

• The user closes the current document (including closing Analyst), whether saved or not.
• The user saves the current document as a new document.
• The user opens another document directly.

 
Limitations:
Based on the current implementation, the opened DXP will not be automatically unlocked if:

• The Spotfire Analyst Windows process crashes.
• The Spotfire Analyst Windows process is manually terminated (e.g., "End Task" in Task Manager) or the computer is turned off without closing Analyst.
• The Analyst login session expires, and the user does not re-login (in this case, the user must log in again and close the document). Refer to the following screenshot: